Category Archives: Tess
The last of the birthdays…
Memorial Day weekend always brings birthday celebrations. Loren and Phillip turned 28 on May 28th and Tess turned 25 on June 3rd. Phillip flew in from Oregon to spend the weekend with us. It was a great weekend…Elliot gave his … Continue reading
Arizona Trip
Tess and I spent a fun weekend in Arizona! We are both big Alfie Boe fans and when we found out that he was giving a concert in Phoenix, we decided to use our frequent flier miles to fly down … Continue reading
Miss Brown becomes a 1st grade teacher…
Tess now spends everyday with 24 6-year-olds! She is teaching first grade at Canyon View Elementary in SLC. The first couple of weeks, she has been teaching her students how to spend all day at school — kind of tough … Continue reading
Finishing up the family birthdays…
Tess joined Loren and Phillip on their birthday and we had one big party for them all…well okay, it was just dinner on the deck with the grandparents, but hey, with 3 birthdayees, there were plenty of gifts being handed … Continue reading
Another car joins the Brown Family…
So Tess needed a car to get the job and a job to get the car. She got both this week! Actually she got two jobs. She will teach 1st grade at Canyon View Elementary (across the street from Brighton High … Continue reading
Tess graduates from BYU
Tess finished up her student teaching (the latest round was teaching at the BYU preschool on campus). While she was trying to apply and interview for teaching positions next fall, she somehow managed to clean and check out of her … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
As per our New Year’s Eve tradition, we enjoyed gathering around 3 fondue pots. Our three favorites are: cheese, meat and chocolate. Because we ate too much (as per tradition) and all went into what Madeleine calls a “food coma”, … Continue reading
Merry Christmas…
It always surprises me that Christmas actually comes…I guess just because we talk about it so far in advance! As always, our family had a really nice Christmas. Actually every year we have 2 Christmas Days…one with Alan’s parents the … Continue reading
Tess is working at Deseret Book in Provo…
Tess is spending the summer working two jobs now. One as a secretary at the French/Italian Language Dept. at BYU and the other as a clerk at Deseret Book. On the side, she is working as an ordinance worker in the Provo … Continue reading
Birthdays for Loren, Phillip and Tess
Of course Loren and Phillip share a birthday, and Tess’s is just a few days later, so we decided to combine birthdays and celebrate with dinner and presents on the deck. It doesn’t sound exciting, but it was for me … Continue reading